Inglés Flashcards
What is a relative pronoun?
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that relates to the word that it modifies and is not specific
A relative pronoun links two clauses into a single complex clause. Something similar to a connector
Which are relative pronouns?
Who, which, whose, whom, that
What’s the difference between academic writing and other types of writing
The audience: The people who will read your document
Tone: your style or manner of expression,
Purpose: the reason you’re writing
What should a writer do when starting a paragraph?
the writer should begin by creating a topic sentence that states a controlling idea.
In what does a topic sentence help?
The topic sentence helps the writer to focus on what she/he needs to include in the paragraph and what should be left out of the paragraph.
What are the 3 types of transition signals?
- Conjunctive Adverbs
- Coordinating Conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
What are the 3 types of logical order?
- Chronological order
- Logical division
- Comparison / Contrast
It follows the sequence of time, useful to talk about events in history or in a process that must follow a series of steps that can’t be changed
chronological order
Vocabulary of chronological order
• First, next, after that, before the year, since the month of, while working on the project, during this they
organizes the information in groups or chapters, each one talking about only one specific matter.
Logical division
Vocabulary of logical division
Specifically, first, secondly, finally, in addition, etc.
This type of order is recommended to talk about subject matters that need the reader to take a stand… are you in favor or against?
Comparison and contrast
Vocabulary of comparison and contrast
he difference is, on the other hand, in contrast, it differs from, etc.
